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obama said the u.s. acted quickly and made this historical comparison. >> when people were being brutalized in bosnia in the 1990s, it took the international community more than a year to intervene with air power to protect civilians. it took us 31 days. >> reporter: in the balkans, there were humanitarian concerns when tens of thousands of bosnian muslims were either killed or forced to flee by slobodan milosevic. today, an official continued the milosevic comparison. >> it was many months, in fact, over a year before he stepped down from power. that mission was a success. the mission thus far to protect civilians and establish a no-fly zone has gone as we intended. >> one expert says the problem the u.s. had in the balkans was it was difficult to distinguish different groups living close together. >> later in the war as the population tragically had been cleanseed and separated it was actually easier to defend the people who wanted the help to defend. it was a cleaner front line. >> reporter: there wer
obama said the u.s. acted quickly and made this historical comparison. >> when people were being brutalized in bosnia in the 1990s, it took the international community more than a year to intervene with air power to protect civilians. it took us 31 days. >> reporter: in the balkans, there were humanitarian concerns when tens of thousands of bosnian muslims were either killed or forced to flee by slobodan milosevic. today, an official continued the milosevic comparison. >> it...
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in jordan, a key u.s. ally there were massive protests on friday, that is last friday, and big protests planned for next friday. why is this important? jordan is a very key u.s. ally, and remember in jordan not only do you have the government but you also have king hussein who is the head of state there, somebody who has been very influential in the peace project. with hosni mubarak gone in egypt it appears jordan is the last real u.s. ally who has any kind of influence in the middle east. now there is big protest asking for more freedom there and possibly some of those protests are being led and organized by the muslim brotherhood. now we move to yemen, a key u.s. ally, there's been a lot of protest. security services have used a lot of live ammunition to try and even kill protesters when they are out on the streets. everyone in yemen has a gun. it is one of the most heavily armed nations in the world. friday is a day off in the arab world, friday and saturday is the weekend that's when everybody goes to
in jordan, a key u.s. ally there were massive protests on friday, that is last friday, and big protests planned for next friday. why is this important? jordan is a very key u.s. ally, and remember in jordan not only do you have the government but you also have king hussein who is the head of state there, somebody who has been very influential in the peace project. with hosni mubarak gone in egypt it appears jordan is the last real u.s. ally who has any kind of influence in the middle east. now...
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the u.s., u.n., nativity toe and the arab league are now so heavily invested in qaddafi falling. >> you know, james, it seems like one of qaddafi's well best advisors, the foreclosure minister just hightailed it out of there. >> yes. fox news has confirmed that one of the top members of courtroom qaddafi's inner circle, his foreign minister has defected from the regime and has arrived safely in london for 15 years he was colonel qaddafi's intelligence chief. and, therefore, his defection means, shep, that he will likely have much to disclose to the west about his old boss' operations, capabilities and crimes. >> shepard: that might be helpful indeed. james live at the state department. thank you. what's actually happening on the battlefield where the government troops have been forcing rebels to retreat. president obama with a big announcement about a new energy plan. one that is set to reduce the amount of oil we bring in from other countries by a huge number. the critics say it's not going t
the u.s., u.n., nativity toe and the arab league are now so heavily invested in qaddafi falling. >> you know, james, it seems like one of qaddafi's well best advisors, the foreclosure minister just hightailed it out of there. >> yes. fox news has confirmed that one of the top members of courtroom qaddafi's inner circle, his foreign minister has defected from the regime and has arrived safely in london for 15 years he was colonel qaddafi's intelligence chief. and, therefore, his...
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bill: you know, i don't know if it will be coming, on behalf of the u.s., or the u.s. leading nato, because syria, let's face it, is a lot more complicated than libya. you know, you spelled out very well the ties with iran and syria. a lot of branches on that tree in that country. libya looks simple compared to syria, does it not? >> well, i think they're each complicated in their own way. i think when it became clear, four or five years ago, that there was an outside opposition in syria, we should have begun then saying how we -- seeing how we could assist them and it may be too late at this point because i think the risks of a really severe crackdown in damascus and elsewhere are intense. but when it comes to libya, i must say, i'm very worried at this point we're allowing the opportunity we may have had to get rid of qaddafi slip between our fingers, because we haven't been pursuing the clear policy of regime change there that we should be following. bill: you think qaddafi holds on? do you think he wins? >> i think there's a very real prospect that you end up with
bill: you know, i don't know if it will be coming, on behalf of the u.s., or the u.s. leading nato, because syria, let's face it, is a lot more complicated than libya. you know, you spelled out very well the ties with iran and syria. a lot of branches on that tree in that country. libya looks simple compared to syria, does it not? >> well, i think they're each complicated in their own way. i think when it became clear, four or five years ago, that there was an outside opposition in syria,...
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privately, a senior u.s. official told fox news is administration is not yet convinced arming rebels will bring about the desired outcome. publicly, they said only that high-level washington is still getting to know the rag-tag rebel army. >> we are continuing to discuss and have the conversation with the opposition, to assess what the makeup of it is. >> we have been clear we reached out to the opposition, working with them and assist them in the effort to bring about transition to democratic process. >> you do want hem to win? >> i don't now to be more clear to say what we want to emerge is gaddafi step down and see a peaceful transition to a democratic process. >> tuesday, the nato supreme commander testified to the senate u.s. intelligence detected flickers of evidence that the rebel ranks included members of al-qaeda. so they're unsure whether the rebels are the kind of entity we'd provide weapons to. at the highest level they warned that president obama has a week, but not a month, to make up his mind.
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when it finally end heed some 58,000 u.s. service members were dead along with 2 million vietnam me. a u.s. withdrawal was complete 38 years ago today. and now you know the news for this tuesday, march the 29th. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> what's the value of being a great, powerful country if we are not going to step in against tyrants who are slaughtering their people. >> bill: hold it. is that the uber liberal anthony weiner talking? we will report on possible hypocrisy on the left. >> u.s. interests can't just mean validating some kind of post american theory of intervention. >> bill: governor palin hammering mr. obama on his leadership. we will take a hard look at that. >> ♪ on the road again. ♪ i just can't wait to get on the road again. >> bill: once ginsenger willie nelson could get away with the marijuana charge. this time the situation is truly bizarre ♪ i can't wait to get on the road again. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill:
when it finally end heed some 58,000 u.s. service members were dead along with 2 million vietnam me. a u.s. withdrawal was complete 38 years ago today. and now you know the news for this tuesday, march the 29th. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> what's the value of being a great, powerful country if we are not going to step in against tyrants who are slaughtering their people. >> bill: hold it. is that the uber liberal anthony weiner talking? we will...
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u.s. airbus came within 100 feet of another aircraft. 2003 saw the worst numbers, 161 incidents total. if that weren't enough, we have report next hour on an investigation about how a bullet pierced the plane in mid flight. stay tuned for that. back now to our top story, as we wait for secretaries clinton and gates, along with admiral mullen to arrive on capitol hill, they will be briefing lawmakers on the crisis in libya and our military's role in this fight. they're expected to answer tough questions. lawmakers are said to be unsatisfied with the information. a top nato commander telling a house panel that the u.s. role will be reduced with other partners handling more responsibility. this comes as the libyan rebels lose ground in their fight. qaddafi's troops forcing the opposition to give up ground that they had captured near qaddafi's hometown on monday. the rebels have been driven back by qaddafi's better-armed troops and forced to retreat from key oil towns on the coast. rick levent
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and now to former u.s. ambassador to nato who is now a professor of diplomacy in international politics at harvard kennedy school. thank you, sir. i have learned over the last few days we don't know who the rebels are and they are asking for weapons. >>guest: this was always a gamble the administration and the coalition was taking when we went into libya. we did not have a good sense of who the rebels were. of their leadership. their experience. their ideological orientation. so obviously a critical factor is to assess what they are likely to do as a government if they do end up as a government if muammar qaddafi is replaced, what is the attitude of that government toward the united states and western europe and a key issue that we will have to confront the government: do we arm the rebels. the obama administration has done the right thing. they are being prudent. the idea you want to arm the rebels is good. we should want to see muammar qaddafi go and see the rebel army advance if it is possible and win th
and now to former u.s. ambassador to nato who is now a professor of diplomacy in international politics at harvard kennedy school. thank you, sir. i have learned over the last few days we don't know who the rebels are and they are asking for weapons. >>guest: this was always a gamble the administration and the coalition was taking when we went into libya. we did not have a good sense of who the rebels were. of their leadership. their experience. their ideological orientation. so obviously...
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the second youngest u.s. senator is opening up about what he says is the greatest challenge facing our generation today. joining me now the man himself, florida senator marco rubio. senator, welcome back. a pleasure, thank you. >> i'm glad to be back. >> sean: i interviewed you on the radio a while ago. i predicted one day you will be president. and the response was overwhelming. meaning from the audience. they really would like to see that. but you're saying not this time around? >> first of all, i'm flattered by that. and by their response. the reality is i have a pretty important job now. income the united states senate is an important job and it needs to be done well. that's what i'm focused on. i ran because i wanted to have this opportunity to get involved in some of these issues we are facing and you've been talking about. and i hope we talk about tonight. >> sean: we are going to talk about it at length. would you not rule out if somebody said you are not going to run, if somebody said senator rubio w
the second youngest u.s. senator is opening up about what he says is the greatest challenge facing our generation today. joining me now the man himself, florida senator marco rubio. senator, welcome back. a pleasure, thank you. >> i'm glad to be back. >> sean: i interviewed you on the radio a while ago. i predicted one day you will be president. and the response was overwhelming. meaning from the audience. they really would like to see that. but you're saying not this time around?...
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so the u.s. military action in libya is based on this. this is what -- these are all the very diverse people that got together to say back last fall, hey, by the way, we should do something about democracy in egypt. the "new york times" caught on to some of this and wrote the president decision to pursue the course is something of a perm triumph for samantha. mazel tov. i mean that, sam. you should be so proud. you're a big girl now. go back to her influence in egypt. way back in november. she is the one who met with all the many faces of george soros to figure out democracy in egypt. what should we do, georgie? here is the report on the meeting. participants who attended the meeting were reluctant to get into the real details of what the nfc officials discussed. i bet. but they suggested the meeting comes in the midst of the obama administration conducting a review of the policies on democracy in the middle east. a stepped up focus by senior obama administration officials on the egyptian democracy issue in particular. so this is months b
so the u.s. military action in libya is based on this. this is what -- these are all the very diverse people that got together to say back last fall, hey, by the way, we should do something about democracy in egypt. the "new york times" caught on to some of this and wrote the president decision to pursue the course is something of a perm triumph for samantha. mazel tov. i mean that, sam. you should be so proud. you're a big girl now. go back to her influence in egypt. way back in...
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a u.s. airways airplane appears to have been shot with a 40 caliber bullet could return to the sky as soon as today according to several published reports that also claim the f.b.i. is investigating the case. we are told terrorism has not been ruled -- has been ruled out. that is to say. and apparently, the bullet was on the top of the plane somehow and a judge in wisconsin once again ordering republicans to stand down on their controversial union busting law as they refer to it. earlier this month, the judge blocked the law from being published but republicans circumvented the order getting another state's office to publish it instead. tricky. >> all right. if democrats and republicans cannot agree on a budget by april 8th, the government will shut down. so what can be done to resolve this massive divide over the budget before it's too late if both sides agree we can't do a patchwork extension again? dick morris is back with us. he has a plan. dick, what's the plan? >> the -- they've alread
a u.s. airways airplane appears to have been shot with a 40 caliber bullet could return to the sky as soon as today according to several published reports that also claim the f.b.i. is investigating the case. we are told terrorism has not been ruled -- has been ruled out. that is to say. and apparently, the bullet was on the top of the plane somehow and a judge in wisconsin once again ordering republicans to stand down on their controversial union busting law as they refer to it. earlier this...
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is looking for and no u.s. boots on the ground is that information getting to the libyan people the rebels or the gadhafi people? >> reporter: it is getting to the leadership here. the leadership here has been extremely defiant. they've been making statements comparing the ally attacks to hitler. one concern has been raised about sending gadhafi to the international court. it seeps to leave him no way out. i think -- it seems to leave him no way out. i think regime will attempt to play members of the coalition off each other. we've soon a range of opinions among coalition forces as to how gadhafi should be treated and how intently this war should be pursued that's what they are going to try to manipulate to look for a wedge between those who want to aggressively prosecute this war as the french and others such as turkey who want negotiations and a cease-fire with gadhafi himself. >> greta: steve, thank you. joining us senator lindsey graham. one of many senators, senator mccain says the goal in libya is gadhafi
is looking for and no u.s. boots on the ground is that information getting to the libyan people the rebels or the gadhafi people? >> reporter: it is getting to the leadership here. the leadership here has been extremely defiant. they've been making statements comparing the ally attacks to hitler. one concern has been raised about sending gadhafi to the international court. it seeps to leave him no way out. i think -- it seems to leave him no way out. i think regime will attempt to play...
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why are women from china coming to the u.s. to have babys? why america could be facing big trouble in little chinese. and donald trump proves he is more than a guy whose businesses go bankrupt as he digs himself deeper into a bigger hole. what is going on under his hair, straight ahead. greg? >> thank you, andy. >> happy lemon chiffon cake day. >> the secret is beating the egg white separate from the yolk and using vegetable oil instead of shortening. >> many question the difference between lemon cake and lemon chiffon cake is the oil. it produces a lighter, moister texture. >> chiffon cake was invented by an insurance agent. i don't know about you, but it is good to see he put a premium on cakes. >> i believe you are speaking of the apartmently named harry baker, greg. >> your face is a pie of pain. >> i apologize for nothing. >> go away. let's welcome our guests. >>> i'm here with mary smith. that's a great name. i tried to google it and came up with a million old ladies. i am not joking. who said, you said .com co-founder. she is so sharp
why are women from china coming to the u.s. to have babys? why america could be facing big trouble in little chinese. and donald trump proves he is more than a guy whose businesses go bankrupt as he digs himself deeper into a bigger hole. what is going on under his hair, straight ahead. greg? >> thank you, andy. >> happy lemon chiffon cake day. >> the secret is beating the egg white separate from the yolk and using vegetable oil instead of shortening. >> many question...
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u.s. intelligence sources about gadhafi's inner circle. there are cracks in it. it is weakening. perhaps gadhafi may be looking for a way to go into exile to a nation such as venezuela. all that may be true. it may be spin. what we are hearing publicly from gadhafi is that he intends to fight. continue to fight. he is with his people. so far, his forces have held strong in the city of sirte. the big question remains is, what is going to happen with these coalition airstrikes? how hard will they continue in areas where gadhafi does have popular support? it is going to be tougher to justify coalition airstrikes in the city of sirte where gadhafi does have popular support than outside of benghazi where there's a real threat of civilian slaughter. that same argument is going to be tougher to make the closer these rebels get to tripoli. and the rebels themselves have not proven they can take a city without those airstrikes. >> greta: is there information about the president saying there is noth
u.s. intelligence sources about gadhafi's inner circle. there are cracks in it. it is weakening. perhaps gadhafi may be looking for a way to go into exile to a nation such as venezuela. all that may be true. it may be spin. what we are hearing publicly from gadhafi is that he intends to fight. continue to fight. he is with his people. so far, his forces have held strong in the city of sirte. the big question remains is, what is going to happen with these coalition airstrikes? how hard will they...
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israel and the u.s. is an obstacle to what he and his groups believe should happen. you know who else thinks that? osama bin laden. i know, how about like iran. wait, we didn't stand up for people of iran. that's a weird coincidence. it's almost like iran, they say we're the great satan and israel is the little satan they're just using satan while he is using obstacles. see? what about iran? iran is a little different they're spookier than spooky dude they want to wipe israel off the map and they just produced a video saying the islamic messiah is on his way soon. good, the messiah is coming? no. it's like it's opposite day reading the book of revelation. got it? how about the muslim brotherhood? the leadersers who are hopefully starting a war with israel. i have thought they should be brought in the political fold. i want to pretend for a moment that the news is just a bunch of completely spontaneous unrelated events. no one is orchestrating anything! and george soros wants all the countries of the world to have a jeffersonian constitution and there is nobody on the
israel and the u.s. is an obstacle to what he and his groups believe should happen. you know who else thinks that? osama bin laden. i know, how about like iran. wait, we didn't stand up for people of iran. that's a weird coincidence. it's almost like iran, they say we're the great satan and israel is the little satan they're just using satan while he is using obstacles. see? what about iran? iran is a little different they're spookier than spooky dude they want to wipe israel off the map and...
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>>steve: well, there will be a debate over it if the u.s. does decide to do it. when you send weapons you have to send more than just weapons but trainers, as well, so it is a sign of increased involvement and officer what we have seen how the rebels fight and fire and thousand they drive back and forth and how they behave there will not be a rapid turn around. >>neil: be safe. in the meantime they attack our human rights record and now we are saying sinus up again reapplying for the second term on the u.n. human rights council, the council that wanted syria in and only recently kicked libya out. and now the foundation for the defense of democracy is trying to figure that one out. i don't know if i would like to be in that club. >>guest: you are, we are paying for the biggest share. >>neil: why are we so eager to be in the group that we were despising. >>guest: hope over experience? the policy of this administration is to try to engage with some of the worst of the worst and believe me at the human rights council that is where though gather. want to engage with t
>>steve: well, there will be a debate over it if the u.s. does decide to do it. when you send weapons you have to send more than just weapons but trainers, as well, so it is a sign of increased involvement and officer what we have seen how the rebels fight and fire and thousand they drive back and forth and how they behave there will not be a rapid turn around. >>neil: be safe. in the meantime they attack our human rights record and now we are saying sinus up again reapplying for...
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taxpayers and u.s. funds u.s. support whether concerns about libya right now as we go in and you start arming the rebels who are the rebels they're not an organized army it's a collection of everybody who it's good are very rude so robbie's what are our views and others who might present a serious threat so this is something as to be approached very very cautiously and i think we are seeing a great deal of caution on this if this was simple and we knew exactly who the other side was i don't think that would be this debate that we're seeing so i think we are moving cautiously and there's this new russia slate tell me how is it conscious if we say that we don't even know who these rebels are so we again we don't know who we might be arming who we might be helping we've already established that we clearly are picking sides here in this civil conflict how is that conscious i feel like that but you had so much more risk for the future and more stuff we eat is who's the american head of nato command has been in front of
taxpayers and u.s. funds u.s. support whether concerns about libya right now as we go in and you start arming the rebels who are the rebels they're not an organized army it's a collection of everybody who it's good are very rude so robbie's what are our views and others who might present a serious threat so this is something as to be approached very very cautiously and i think we are seeing a great deal of caution on this if this was simple and we knew exactly who the other side was i don't...
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the u.s. has cultivated and and valuable events with which it invades nations or one or two or three locations change the list of enemies grows and habit becomes harder to shake even as the costs of military spending casualties and the steve world image what is the real toll of america's wars in iraq afghanistan and libya the three currency was a battlefield let's take a look at what they cost five and a half thousand people that's the official american death toll in iraq and afghanistan another seventy thousand the estimated number of injured u.s. soldiers. while some one hundred seventy thousand are thought to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder but we're also looking at the number of people that are being killed by u.s. actions and there we're going up into the millions it's estimated that one hundred thousand to one million iraqis are dead but four million displaced aaron emery after tour in iraq is tired of the u.s. trying to run the rest of the world american way of life doe
the u.s. has cultivated and and valuable events with which it invades nations or one or two or three locations change the list of enemies grows and habit becomes harder to shake even as the costs of military spending casualties and the steve world image what is the real toll of america's wars in iraq afghanistan and libya the three currency was a battlefield let's take a look at what they cost five and a half thousand people that's the official american death toll in iraq and afghanistan...
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so this period has given the u.s. and other key powers a chance to make contact, clandestinely, get to know people, sometimes overtly as in hillary clinton's meeting with gentleman ja brill, head of the interim committee during her last trip. so getting to know them and then the idea is, create structures that allow them gradually to build something like a normal government, which libya has not had arguably ever, and so, again, that is going to take time and they want time. >> david, i had one, your intelligence sources are far better than mine but i had one tell me there is no question this guy still has mustard gas despite what he says. >> he has scary weapons and scary people and this is a regime that knows how to use terrorism, you can't forget, they were specifically blamed for the lockerbie bombing and they have used terrorists in many ways and they have people and resources and that is in the backs of the minds of all of the people in the white house, and the cia. >> the president has drawn one very bright line
so this period has given the u.s. and other key powers a chance to make contact, clandestinely, get to know people, sometimes overtly as in hillary clinton's meeting with gentleman ja brill, head of the interim committee during her last trip. so getting to know them and then the idea is, create structures that allow them gradually to build something like a normal government, which libya has not had arguably ever, and so, again, that is going to take time and they want time. >> david, i...
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the u.s. has not recognized the opposition yet, but it was clear today in london, that the u.s. and allies are taking steps toward a new government in libya without gadhafi. even without winning militarily, the opposition is winning acceptance with the world's political leaders. brian? >> all right. andrea mitchell, rounding out our coverage in washington tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> we have a lot of other news for you. and up next, as "nightly news" continues on a tuesday night, an admission today from japan about the current nuclear crisis. >>> and later, the color of what we eat and drinking and the suspicion that it's affecting the behavior of some of our children. it's an old question, and now it's returned. >>> back now and turning to the crisis in japan. the prime minister said today the death toll has reached 11,000, and that his nation remains on maximum alert. and the japanese government admitted today its safety measures were not enough to protect a nuclear plant against the earthquake and tsunami that ended up crippling that fukushima facility. nbc's lee cowan report
the u.s. has not recognized the opposition yet, but it was clear today in london, that the u.s. and allies are taking steps toward a new government in libya without gadhafi. even without winning militarily, the opposition is winning acceptance with the world's political leaders. brian? >> all right. andrea mitchell, rounding out our coverage in washington tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> we have a lot of other news for you. and up next, as "nightly news" continues on a...
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and the u.s. supreme court heard arguments on allowing a huge class action lawsuit against wal-mart over charges of sex discrimination. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more from miles about his visit to chernobyl. that's on the rundown. today's morning line has analysis from our political team on president obama's speech about libya. plus, we talked to correspondent lowell bergman about the money behind basketball's march madness. that's one of three stories on tonight's "frontline." also on the broadcast, more from martin smith's profile of wikileaks suspect private bradley manning, and a portrait of a chinese artist pushing the boundaries of freedom. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll update the ongoing crises in japan and libya, and remember the attempted assassination of president ronald reagan, exactly 30 years ago. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifi
and the u.s. supreme court heard arguments on allowing a huge class action lawsuit against wal-mart over charges of sex discrimination. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more from miles about his visit to chernobyl. that's on the rundown. today's morning line has analysis from our political team on president obama's speech about libya. plus, we talked to correspondent lowell bergman about the money behind basketball's march madness....
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the u.s. considers arming the insurgency. >>> cajun cleanup. a powerful storm rolls through louisiana, threatening the southeast with flooding and high winds. >>> and union fight. ohio can vote on limiting collective bargaining rights, as the battle in wisconsin goes to collective bargaining rights, as the battle in wisconsin goes to court. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. this morning, the back and forth fighting in libya has turned against the rebel troops. opposition forces are on the run, fleeing the latest government counterattack. the rebels were trying to advance on moammar gadhafi's hometown of sirte. they've also had to leave two critical oil ports, brega and ras lanuf. the u.s. navy launched a new barrage of cruise missiles at targets near tripoli and nato takes command of the operation today. joel brown is in washington with more. good morning, joel. what's the latest? >> betty, it wasn't even a close fight. gadhafi force
the u.s. considers arming the insurgency. >>> cajun cleanup. a powerful storm rolls through louisiana, threatening the southeast with flooding and high winds. >>> and union fight. ohio can vote on limiting collective bargaining rights, as the battle in wisconsin goes to collective bargaining rights, as the battle in wisconsin goes to court. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. this morning, the back and forth...
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after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice. either returned to russia or live in the reservation like settlement of ninilchik. what became of the money earned in the alaska deal was shrouded in mystery. the official version claims that the whole payment reached russia and was spent on the construction of railways. rivers persisted however that the ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska had sunk in the pacific. closer is that so much of an oldish each musician on the mark with the battle for libya is a so-called humanitarian intervention there so noble and straightforward must intervene. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. derrius was born and raised in alaska like many alaskans he refers to other states as the lower forty eight gary is sure that americans have a poor impression of the forty ninth most people in the lower forty eig
after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice. either returned to russia or live in the reservation like settlement of ninilchik. what became of the money earned in the alaska deal was shrouded in mystery. the official version claims that the whole payment reached russia and was spent on the construction of railways. rivers persisted however that the ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska had...
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yeah i mean the u.s. . in this situation in the world she was dragged into the situation and libya it was the french and to a lesser extent the british who were enthusiastic about intervention there on the grounds of. minimizing civilian casualties. from the beginning none of the western powers said that they would be committing ground troops to the conflict in libya we i mean the us had no option but to interfere against the pressure from its european allies ok david i mean i can't think of really trying to do my homework for this program i can't think of any humanitarian corridor or humanitarian intervention where you can end up putting ground forces on moving them into the into the battlefield expanding the battlefield expanding the civil war. well i agree with what you just said i think that obama's statement to me seems confused and a bit naive. the problem the united states faces is that when the u.s. becomes publicly involved in a military operation there's an expectation it's going to succeed and if
yeah i mean the u.s. . in this situation in the world she was dragged into the situation and libya it was the french and to a lesser extent the british who were enthusiastic about intervention there on the grounds of. minimizing civilian casualties. from the beginning none of the western powers said that they would be committing ground troops to the conflict in libya we i mean the us had no option but to interfere against the pressure from its european allies ok david i mean i can't think of...
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after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice. either return to russia or live in the reservation. was shrouded in mystery. the official version. spent on the construction of railways. ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska and sunk in the pacific. for the. face to face with. like many. other states in the lower forty eight. of the forty nine most. part of america. but. when they're here. i've actually had. jerry lived in the small settlement. here. a few english words gary however doesn't speak russian. rather passed away a couple of decades ago and my grandmother modest has passed away soon after that just some distance from here my father is buried in and most of my relatives and one day i will be too. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the sea shore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the u.s. g
after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice. either return to russia or live in the reservation. was shrouded in mystery. the official version. spent on the construction of railways. ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska and sunk in the pacific. for the. face to face with. like many. other states in the lower forty eight. of the forty nine most. part of america. but. when they're here. i've...
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the u.s. in particular is now spent at least twenty million dollars to fund software and technologies to help those in the middle east circumvent internet censorship and the recent revolutions and ongoing uprisings in the middle east have shown the power of the internet as a tool for grassroots organization but also as a tool that can be shut down as we saw in egypt tunisia bahrain and yemen just to name a few but in comes the next problem as the wall street journal reported this week much of the technology that is used to block websites by foreign governments is developed and sold right here in the usa dilemma for bridging the goals of the us government with free market principles in the rights of corporations to conduct business as they please so whose responsibility is it to keep the internet open and free government business or do both hold enough power to make it so realize that perhaps there is no such thing as a free open at all to anything that is jillian york a researcher at harvard u
the u.s. in particular is now spent at least twenty million dollars to fund software and technologies to help those in the middle east circumvent internet censorship and the recent revolutions and ongoing uprisings in the middle east have shown the power of the internet as a tool for grassroots organization but also as a tool that can be shut down as we saw in egypt tunisia bahrain and yemen just to name a few but in comes the next problem as the wall street journal reported this week much of...
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u.s. jets returning to their base in italy. the decision to use air power against colonel gadhafi in libya was taken quickly, so quickly that they are still sorting out the politics behind it. if that is one reason for the london conference, assembling ministers and diplomats from 40 countries, and the arab league and the african union to back u.n. resolutions. though thertheir enthusiasm for military action varies. the mandate to protect civilians also means taking sides in a civil war. >> we made the right choice, that was to draw a line in the desert sand to halt the murderous advance of gaddafi's forces. no one has yet to explain when or how that commitment ends. the conference also said -- started the process toward more legitimacy. this is the closest of rebels have to a political leadership and would like more help on the ground, too. >> the americans said they would consider arming the rebels. is that something you would like? >> you can see that they are fighting with machine guns
u.s. jets returning to their base in italy. the decision to use air power against colonel gadhafi in libya was taken quickly, so quickly that they are still sorting out the politics behind it. if that is one reason for the london conference, assembling ministers and diplomats from 40 countries, and the arab league and the african union to back u.n. resolutions. though thertheir enthusiasm for military action varies. the mandate to protect civilians also means taking sides in a civil war....
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where hi there echoes do you think a lot of the past year webster the u.s. has tried supplied weapons to rebels in afghanistan back in the eighty's that didn't turn out so well those weapons and they don't expertise being used against the now do you think we could see a repeated libya. i'm very much afraid that it is we have a study from west point united states military academy dated december two thousand and seven which would indicate that the band of territory from benghazi over to tobruk going through the city of dharna or ghana this is an area with one of the highest densities of islamic terrorism anywhere in the world if you're looking for jihad is if you're looking for mujahideen who seems to be the world capital especially according to the us government definition of terrorism what happened was the u.s. forces back in two thousand and seven captured the al qaeda personnel files in the an area in iraq near the syrian border and what they found was in terms of terrorists per capita libya was by far the most active center for the recruitment of jihad is
where hi there echoes do you think a lot of the past year webster the u.s. has tried supplied weapons to rebels in afghanistan back in the eighty's that didn't turn out so well those weapons and they don't expertise being used against the now do you think we could see a repeated libya. i'm very much afraid that it is we have a study from west point united states military academy dated december two thousand and seven which would indicate that the band of territory from benghazi over to tobruk...
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you know members of the u.s. government even people with expertise in this area don't exactly know who the rebels are and i want to play this for you this is a sound bite from senator rand paul rand paul excuse me. about what he has to say about this in audio response. the problem with sending u.s. military to help rebels in libya or anywhere else is that we are taking sides in a conflict and on behalf of the people whom we know nothing about. when or if there is regime change in libya what kind of leadership exactly will replace good afy who are of the libyan rebels exactly. who are the libyan rebels exactly i know that you've spoken about senator rand paul on your show before what do you think do you think you got a point. well he's absolutely right look geopolitically if you break down what's even buried the mainstream press admitted there are a lot of angry people who don't like the forty two year rule of gadhafi and they have beach but the u.s. and nato got the ball rolling on record by inserting rebel comma
you know members of the u.s. government even people with expertise in this area don't exactly know who the rebels are and i want to play this for you this is a sound bite from senator rand paul rand paul excuse me. about what he has to say about this in audio response. the problem with sending u.s. military to help rebels in libya or anywhere else is that we are taking sides in a conflict and on behalf of the people whom we know nothing about. when or if there is regime change in libya what...
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the u.s. plants continue to operate safely. >>> nuclear officials told the senate economy they are review u.s. plan particularly the ability to protect against natural disaster and power outages. as for japan, one expert predicted recovery will be slow. >> long term cooling of the reactors and pools is essential during this period and has not been adequately restored to date to the best of my knowledge. a massive clean up operation obviously remains for the future. >> reporter: in japan today, the operator of the damaged plant says that crews are struggling to pour water to cool the reactor. the death toll has been raised to 11,000. and they say they expect to rise as high as 18,000. >>> u.s. nuclear plants have had a number of close calls. the u.s. public interest group says since 1990, federal regulators have found eight instances. in 2002 an acid leak in a plant in ohio ate part way through a carbon seal that contains highly pressurized steam. none of the incidents sited happened in califor
the u.s. plants continue to operate safely. >>> nuclear officials told the senate economy they are review u.s. plan particularly the ability to protect against natural disaster and power outages. as for japan, one expert predicted recovery will be slow. >> long term cooling of the reactors and pools is essential during this period and has not been adequately restored to date to the best of my knowledge. a massive clean up operation obviously remains for the future. >>...
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it will end up being decided by the u.s. supreme court. >>> the u.s. supreme court -- several high court justices say they are troubled by the case. a ruling for walmart could make it harder to bring class action claims against other larger employers. >>> time now 6:18. on capitol hill the house voted to end an obama administration program designed to prevent foreclosures but the program failed in a lot of cases. democrats say although the program was less successful it did help 600,000 homeowners modify their payments. >>> tomorrow the california high speed rail authority will hold a very special meeting. that will talk about how to spend a possible $2 billion windfall of federal funding. florida's governor turned down that funding he says high speed rail is a bad investment. they are hoping to get some of florida's money hoping it can be diverted to the project here for that bullet train idea from san francisco to san diego. >>> all right we understand there is second san francisco fire this morning we have been covering fires. sal has more details.
it will end up being decided by the u.s. supreme court. >>> the u.s. supreme court -- several high court justices say they are troubled by the case. a ruling for walmart could make it harder to bring class action claims against other larger employers. >>> time now 6:18. on capitol hill the house voted to end an obama administration program designed to prevent foreclosures but the program failed in a lot of cases. democrats say although the program was less successful it did...
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the u.s. and allies striking back at rebels, president obama tells cbs news it is time for gadhafi to give up the fight. >> wef got to ratchet our diplomatic and political pressure on him so at some point he makes a decision to leave. >>> we will hear more from our interview with the president and speak with former defense secretary donald rumsfeld will the u.s. mission in libya. >>> plane scary. officials discover a bullet hole in a us airways passenger jet. now an investigation is under way to try to figure out just where it came from and how serious a threat it posed to the aircraft and its passengers. >>> fighting back. a middle school student from connecticut goes on youtube with an emotional plea for help after bullied by her classmates for years. that video is burning up on the internet adding to the national debate causing quite a stir "early" this wednesday morning, march 30th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good wednesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm chris wragge. >> good to h
the u.s. and allies striking back at rebels, president obama tells cbs news it is time for gadhafi to give up the fight. >> wef got to ratchet our diplomatic and political pressure on him so at some point he makes a decision to leave. >>> we will hear more from our interview with the president and speak with former defense secretary donald rumsfeld will the u.s. mission in libya. >>> plane scary. officials discover a bullet hole in a us airways passenger jet. now an...
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parts shortages are now spreading to their u.s. operations. toyota told u.s. dealers tuesday to stop ordering more than 200 replacement parts. and honda says it is slowing production at u.s. assembly plants to conserve parts. >>> nintendo's 3d gaming console is off to strong sales in stores. it's the highest of any handheld system in its history. it did not release actual sales figures from sunday. >>> and talk with a room with a view. the world's tallest hotel is open for business. the ritz carlton hong kong opened its doors for on tuesday. all 312 rooms have city and harbor views. there are also six restaurants, a spa with floor-to-ceiling windows and an indoor infinity pool. if you're afraid of heights, might not be for you. i'll take. >> i'll take it. wow. >>> next on this wednesday, a bullet pierces an airline full of passengers. >>> how about this? swallowed whole by a sink hole in her backyard. and it's happened before. >> wow. >>> plus, cleveland's revenge, as lebron james takes on his former team. we have the highlights, coming up. it's pain relief wi
parts shortages are now spreading to their u.s. operations. toyota told u.s. dealers tuesday to stop ordering more than 200 replacement parts. and honda says it is slowing production at u.s. assembly plants to conserve parts. >>> nintendo's 3d gaming console is off to strong sales in stores. it's the highest of any handheld system in its history. it did not release actual sales figures from sunday. >>> and talk with a room with a view. the world's tallest hotel is open for...
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. >> suzanne: the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today in a mammoth gender discrimination case against walmart. the justices seemed sympathetic to the giant retailer in considering whether a small group of women can represent a huge nationwide class. walmart is accused of discriminating against female employees by denying promotions and paying them less than men. today, the court questioned whether the alleged treatment was part of a corporate policy. >> tom: the third largest u.s. stock exchange, called bats global markets, wants to compete with its bigger rivals. bats plans to launch a new listings service for u.s. stocks by the end of this year. the move opens the door for u.s. companies to take their shares public somewhere other than the new york stock exchange or nasdaq. bats is based in kansas city and already competes with those better-known exchanges in its trading business. >> suzanne: when it comes to banks and the lessons learned from the financial crisis, tonight's commentator says what's o
. >> suzanne: the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today in a mammoth gender discrimination case against walmart. the justices seemed sympathetic to the giant retailer in considering whether a small group of women can represent a huge nationwide class. walmart is accused of discriminating against female employees by denying promotions and paying them less than men. today, the court questioned whether the alleged treatment was part of a corporate policy. >> tom: the third largest...
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the u.s. doesn't have enough well to substantially change or reduce any of those threats that oil goes up and so the fact yes but oil supply was first and natural gas supply was second and biofuel supply was third in all the sports was using less and i think it's a it is a function of politics entirely now you know i also wonder because obviously there's a lot of unrest in the middle east right now like i said we're going into. war with libya and oil prices are on the rise so when you talk about ending our dependence on foreign oil i think it definitely has a nice ring to it for many americans because you think oil and you automatically think dictators in the middle east and north africa but do you think most americans know that actually our biggest suppliers of oil are canada and mexico first. well if there is one that you can hear and be certain when you hear a lot about politics foreign oil there's needless to say doesn't she quickly get her about foreign oil and as you say are the biggest
the u.s. doesn't have enough well to substantially change or reduce any of those threats that oil goes up and so the fact yes but oil supply was first and natural gas supply was second and biofuel supply was third in all the sports was using less and i think it's a it is a function of politics entirely now you know i also wonder because obviously there's a lot of unrest in the middle east right now like i said we're going into. war with libya and oil prices are on the rise so when you talk...
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your concern is as some u.s. officials testified before the senate yesterday, that there could be some elements of al qaeda in the opposition. we've gone down this road before. we funded insurgents in afghanistan 20 years ago, they became our enemies, the taliban. >> there's always a risk. no doubt about it. there's always a risk that people like that are going to find their way into there. ultimately, i heard it described as the bar in "star wars," where all these characters come together. from the civilian side of it, the nonmilitary, the political arm of the rebels, seems to be a positive group from what we've seen so far. and the fact that we're engaging them is a good thing. if we're engaged with them, the likelihood of a positive outcome, in terms of who they are and what they want, is a lot higher. >> let's go to the brewing debate over the u.s. deficit and the possible government shutdown. you have a piece in "the wall street journal" saying you're not going to vote to extend the debt limit without seriou
your concern is as some u.s. officials testified before the senate yesterday, that there could be some elements of al qaeda in the opposition. we've gone down this road before. we funded insurgents in afghanistan 20 years ago, they became our enemies, the taliban. >> there's always a risk. no doubt about it. there's always a risk that people like that are going to find their way into there. ultimately, i heard it described as the bar in "star wars," where all these characters...